Sumit Singhal Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.
Stamperie 152 in Rome, Italy by 3C+T CAPOLEI CAVALLI – ARCHITETTI ASSOCIATI
We are in the heart of the historical center of Rome, Rione Monti area, full of craftsmen famous for its traditional streets and near the Colosseum, Trevi Fountain, Piazza Venezia, Fori Imperiali. Ideal to reach all major points of interest.
The structure was created in 2015 by an important project by 3c+t Capolei Cavalli architects; the concept is based on eco and comfort thanks to the study of the microclimate.
Just below the modern building that is being built have resurfaced remains of an insula, perhaps with shops (tabernae ground floor, dating between the second and third centuries AD).
The wide open spaces, preserved on two floors, overlooking the street and a courtyard, paved with mosaics in black and white, were still largely visible in the early ‘600.
Finally, very interesting and very important for the understanding of the modern city is the discovery of the cellars of the house of a famous character from the end of ‘700 and beginning’ 800: Giovanni Trevisan said Volpato, famous engraver, a friend of Canova, intimate emperors , tsars and popes, who first conceived the modern souvenir, or the miniature reproduction of important ancient works of sculpture, objects that have been around the world in the luggage of travelers on the Grand Tour Italian art lovers.
The archaeological dig has enabled us to open a window on the ancient city of allowing find evidence of extraordinary importance ranging from laboratory neoclassical Giovanni Trevisan said Volpato houses from the Roman period.
The construction of the building, probably dates back to the late ‘600 and had a residential destination. But we do not have definite information until 1876 when it was realized the Teatro Manzoni then transformed in 1932 into a cinema.
In 1962 it was bought by Montedison and became the seat typographical Il Messaggero.
The project is aimed at the recovery of an old industrial building that housed the printing presses of the newspaper “Il Messaggero”, located in Urbana, in the heart of Rome.
The intent is to return to the city a destination suited to the old town, providing deluxe units, built with innovative technologies and materials with low environmental impact.
The true focus of the entire complex, the court will contain elements of green and water, will be used traditional materials such as stone and Roman iron declined in a contemporary design.
The external walls of the building are preserved while crossed the entrance the renovation Industrial reinterpreted in a contemporary place, offering advanced technologies of construction and design.
“The new in the ancient, with the future in mind” these apartments are in fact quipped with a domestic geothermic system, better described as Geothermia with low Enthalpy. This type if technology makes it possible to warm up and cool down an environment, taking advantage of the temperature difference between the outer layers Earth’s Crust and the external environment. This type of technology uses renewable energy, which means it does not jeopardise the planet’s natural resources for future generations. Furthermore it has the peculiarity of being clean energy, meaning it does not release any noxious or climate-altering substances in the atmosphere.
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